Four-in-hand necktie knot anchors



June 3, 1952 I. MONIECE 2,599,190

FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE KNOT ANCHORS Filed Aug. 15, 1949 ZSnventor few/1vJET-mac's.

u Wm Gttorneg Patented June 3, 1 952 UNITED STATES PATENT *QFFICEFOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE. KNOT AN CHOBS Irwin McNiece, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application August 15, 1949, Ser ial No; 110,324 1 Claim. (01. 2-5148.)

My invention relates to neckties, particularly of the four-in-hand typeand has "for its principal object, to provide simple and efficient meanslocated on the rear face of the tie for engaging and holding the knot inproper position, after same has been tied and positioned to thesatisfaction of the wearer.

A further object of my invention is, to provide a necktie knot anchoringdevice of the character referred to, which may be readily applied to thetie, which is entirely concealed when the tie is knotted and being wornand which is readily adjustable for a considerable distance on the tie.so as to engage the knot regardless of its location on the knot formingportion of said tie.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional four-in-hand tie andshowing my improved knot anchor positioned thereupon.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the knotted portion of the tie andshowing the anchor engaged against the lower end of the knot.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the anchor mounted on the hookengaging member of a conventional slide fastening device.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the anchor applied to the slide fastenerhook engaging member.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates apreferred embodiment of my invention, I designates a conventionalfour-in-hand necktie having the usual wide end front portion II andnarrower end rear portion I2.

To provide a sliding base for my improved knot anchor or stop, thefabric strip I3, which carry the inter-engaging hooks I4 of aconventional slide fastener now widely used for closing openings ingarments and the like, are secured by stitching or otherwise, on therear face of that portion of the tie member I2 which passes through theknotted portion of member I I. These hook bearing strips I3 may have alength of from five to eight inches, more or less. The hooks I4 areclosed'or engaged and released by a sliding hook I5, actuated by apivoted depending tab I6 and the knot engaging stop and anchor II, inaccordance with my invention, is suitably secured on the upper frontface of said hook I5.

As seen in Figs. '3 and 4, the knot engaging member Il may be in theform of [a cross bar or plate of sufficient size to provide aprotuberance whichprojects outwardly and laterally from hook I5, toengage beneath the lower end of the rear portion of knot K and thuseffectually prevent upward slippage of the narrower rear portion I2 ofthe tie through the knot, also, downward slippage of the knot on saidnarrower rear portion.

Before knotting the tie, sliding hook I5 is positioned at the lower endsof the hook carrying strips I3 as seen in Fig. 1, with hooks I4disengaged, and after the tie has been knotted and the knot properlypositioned to the satisfaction of the wearer, beneath the front ends ofthe collar, slide I5, by means of tab I6 is moved upward to engage hooksI4 of the fastener and position member I! against the lower end of knotK, as seen in Fig. 2, thus providing the desired knot anchorage.

It is to be understood that, the frictional engagement of sliding memberI5 with the interengaging hooks I4 and the underlying surfaces of thetapes or strips I3 which carry said hooks, is such as to hold saidmember in differently adjusted positions against certain slight orminimum degrees of pulling strains. Under such conditions and wheremember I5 is not provided with any projecting portions such as H, forengaging beneath the lower rear end of the tie knot K, it is possibleunder light pulling strains incident to normal wear, and particularlywhere the tie is made from smooth silk or satin, for the knot to slipdown over member I5 and adjacent portions of the narow depending tie endI2, but where said member is provided with a knot engaging member suchas H, somewhat larger than member I5, this downward slippage of the knotis prevented.

The size of the members I5 and I6 in the smaller sizes of slidefasteners now on the market are not such as to effectually preventsliding movement of the knotted portion of a four-inhand tie on thenarrow portion of the tie which passes through the knot.

Four-in-hand neckties now on the market are. to a large extent, producedfrom silk, satin, rayon and other smooth finished slippery fabric and myimproved knot anchoring device is particularly effective in firmlyholding the knotted portions of such ties in proper position in thecollar front opening after having been neatly and attractively tied.

The knot anchoring device herein disclosed, while particularly designedfor use on four-inhand neckties, may also be advantageously employed onvarious articles of feminine wear. for

instance, belts, collars, neck pieces and the like, where one part isknotted for reception of another part of the same article.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a four-in-hand necktie knotanchoring device, that is simple in structure, inexpensive ofmanufacture and very eifective in performing the functions for which itis intended.

I claim as my invention:

The combination with a one piece four-in-hand necktie having a frontportion, in the upper portion of which is formed a knot, and a rearportion adapted to slide through said knot, of a flexible slide fastenermember mounted on the rear outer face of that portion of the tie whichslides through the knotted portion, a substantial dis tance from the endthereof, a member mounted for longitudinal sliding movement upon saidflexible fastener member, which member when moved upward, is positionedbeneath the knot formed in the front portion of said tie, a shorttransverse member on said sliding member, knot engaging ill)protuberances projecting outwardly from the ends of said sliding memberand a pull tab pivoted to said sliding member.

IRWIN McNIECE.

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